SORTIE REPORT #7911
MISSION DATA:
DATE 384th BG Mission # 8th AF Mission # 384th PRIMARY TARGET
1944‑11‑29 232 729 Target: Oil Refinery
Type: Oil Industry
Location: Misburg, Germany
Refinery Bombed: The 384th provided three squadrons of the lead group of the 41st Bomb Wing C Wing. Advised that the primary target was covered by 10/10ths clouds, the group attacked the secondary (PFF aiming point) target in the same area.
SORTIE DATA:
COMBAT CREDIT STATUS TARGET ATTACKED (MODE)
No Aborted Mission After Taking Off.
Comments: Hot camera ship. Aborted due to mechanical failure; landed away at Halesworth; jettisoned bombs in Channel.
N/A
SORTIE AIRCRAFT DATA:
TYPE SERIAL NUMBER SQUADRON SQ CODE NAME
B-17G 43‑38062 ⇗ 544th SU*A PLEASURE BENT
SORTIE CREW DATA:
POSITION CREWMEMBER UNIT STATUS
Pilot Orr, James Wallace⇗ 544 Aborted
Co-pilot Jackson, Taylor Hall⇗ 544 Aborted
Navigator Green, Billy A⇗ 544 Aborted
Bombardier Long, Noal Edward⇗ 544 Aborted
Radio Operator Kennebeck, Edwin Eugene⇗ 544 Aborted
Engineer/Top Turret Goode, Joseph Edward⇗ 544 Aborted
Ball Turret Rauch, John (NMI), Jr⇗ 544 Aborted
Tail Gunner Spafford, Kenneth Culver⇗ 544 Aborted
Waist (Flexible) Gunner Reed, Gordon Wilbur⇗ 544 Aborted
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